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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai, the Hungarian novelist, for his “visionary oeuvre.”

Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

The award comes with prize money of almost $1.2 million.

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Steven Hess @stevenhess.bsky.social · 1d

Likewise!

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Steven Hess @stevenhess.bsky.social · 1d

HAPTIC: AMBIVALENCE 2005-2025 wrap up. Departure / there / music / return.
A huge thanks to all the musicians we performed with (Tim Daisy, Rose Pearl, @sethcooke.bsky.social, @sarah-hughes.bsky.social, Mark Wastell, Linda Jankowska), the venues, and to all those who attended.

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Steven Hess @stevenhess.bsky.social · 1d

Bristol / Leeds

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1d

they are really just rolling up on random landscapers and street vendors and kidnapping them

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

The Trump administration is aggressively attempting to use every legal artifice it can to exert authoritarian control.

Trump’s Orwellian Militarization of American Cities

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan By the end of “1984,” Winston is brutalized into accepting the lies. This need not be our fate. Trump’s attempt to send troops into American cities can and must be resi...

www.democracynow.org

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Seth Cooke | Every Contact Leaves a Trace @sethcooke.bsky.social · 2d

Great show at Oto last night. Huge thanks to the Haptic lads, Mark, Benny, Billy & Mo. Nine vibration speakers seeded out into the world, lots of copies of Method of Loci #4: Fracture Patterns given away, new CDs by Haptic, Tom Solovietzik, Laura Steenberge and the Sealed Knot.

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Seth Cooke | Every Contact Leaves a Trace @sethcooke.bsky.social · 3d

Haptic in Bristol

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The Onion @theonion.com · 14d

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 15d

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 15d

Looking back at Bowie's Outside and Walker's Tilt, both released 30 years ago, Ned Raggett says the pair might not have met but the energy of respect and influence travelled between them in strange ways

Many Happy Returns to #DavidBowie's Outside, which turns 30 today!

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David Bowie's Outside and Scott Walker's Tilt pictured side by side.

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 14d

The EMS synthesizer that David Bowie and Brian Eno used on Heroes, Low and Lodger. Currently on display in the David Bowie Centre at the wonderful V&A East Storehouse

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Steven Hess @stevenhess.bsky.social · 14d

#CDFriday twofer 💿🔊

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Steven Hess @stevenhess.bsky.social · 14d

Happy #CDFriday to all those who celebrate

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Steven Hess @stevenhess.bsky.social · 17d

Upcoming UK dates:

2 Oct // Leeds // Wharf Chambers w/ Linda Janowska

3 Oct // Brighton // Coach House w/ Sarah Hughes

4 Oct // Hay-on-Wye // The Old Electric Shop w/ Dan Linn-Pearl

6 Oct // Bristol // The Cube w/ Seth Cooke

7 Oct // London // Cafe OTO w/ Mark Wastell

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Steven Hess @stevenhess.bsky.social · 17d

For those of you who might be curious

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Haptic

Biography

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Steven Hess @stevenhess.bsky.social · 21d

Happy #CDFriday to all those who celebrate 💿 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Steven Hess @stevenhess.bsky.social · 21d

AMBIVALENCE 2005-2025:
To celebrate our twentieth anniversary, Haptic will perform a series of concerts, beginning in Chicago and continuing across the UK. We will performing a new composition designed to incorporate shifting contributions from different local musicians at each event. See you soon!

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Seth Cooke | Every Contact Leaves a Trace @sethcooke.bsky.social · 22d

Haptic, Kathy Hinde and An unnecessarily justified with are playing at The Cube on Monday 6th October. It'll be an anniversary show for both Haptic and my little label, Every Contact Leaves a Trace.

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Brian Eno News @dark-shark.bsky.social · 23d

"The secret of life is to have no fear." - Fela Kuti #quote

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Steven Hess @stevenhess.bsky.social · 28d

These people truly live in a fantasy world. And, “at” Valhalla”?

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Steven Hess @stevenhess.bsky.social · 28d

jfc

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Steven Hess @stevenhess.bsky.social · 28d

Happy #CDFriday to all those who celebrate 💿

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frozen reeds @frozenreeds.com · 29d

Jim O’Rourke’s Steamroom series of electronic and archive works now has its prices cut by half, to help people fill the gaps. So much incredible music here: you can literally dip in at random and land on something beautiful every time. steamroom.bandcamp.com

Steamroom

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steamroom.bandcamp.com

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Steven Hess @stevenhess.bsky.social · Sep 10

Looking forward to it!

Sarah Hughes @sarah-hughes.bsky.social · Sep 1

Excited to play with Haptic next month. Their first UK tour and my first post-Covid outing (yes, it has been that long).
hapticmusic.bandcamp.com/music

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